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L. OSTROW. PUBLISHERS MECHANICAL LAYOUT AND BULLETIN APPARATUS AND- METHOD.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

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LOUIS OSTROV, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PUBLISHERS lviECl-IANICAL LAY-OUT AND BULLETIN AP?ARATUS AND METHOD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918 Application filed November 23, 1916. Serial No.133,044.

2" 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Louis Os'rnow,'a citizen of the United States,residingat New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PublishersMechanical Lay-Out and Bulletin Apparatus and Methods, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Th's invention has to do with the art of printing, and comprises animproved publishers mechanical layout and bulletin apparatus and methodof using the same.v

While the method and apparatus of this invention are particularlydesigned with a View to being employed in publication and printingoffices where it is required to pcriodically set up advertising forms,known ordinarily as classified advertising forms, where numerous smalladvertisements, which may be termed broadly printed sections arerequired to be printed, I do not wish to be limited to the aboveparticular adaptation of the invention. As matter of fact, the methodand apparatus hereinafter to be set forth in detail are especiallyadvantageous for use in connection with the making up and laying out ofpages of type matter to be printed whenever said pages are comprised ofmany relatively small printed sections such as might correspond toclassified advertisements, but which may in fact have an entirelydiii'erent character.

Speaking now with reference to the particular use of my inventionaspreviously mentioned, it may be noted that the classified advertisingpages of publications present peculiar diiiiculties by way of an'unusualamount of detail work incidental to the making up and laying out of thegreat number of printed sections or advertisements constituting'suchpages. Different factors make for an endless amount of such detail workpreliminary to closing the forms of classified advertising, orequivalent printed pages, and involve'suchmatters as the necessity offrequent changes in the subject-matter of each advertisement or printedsections, the requirements that advertisements under differentclassifications be omitted or reinserted, and the constant need for amanager in charge of the make-up and fulfilment work to know how muchspace in the form has been taken, to enable matter to be prepared and re1 f r and s a e an v a difficulties of the same sort. On top of theforegoing it should be borne in mind that it is customary forpublications to close their forms at a certain time, and hencenotwithstanding the constant changes occurring to afiect the size andarrangement of the advertisements or sections of the final printed page,it is prerequisite to be able to determine upon the final make-up andlayout of the printed page with the utmost promptness when the closingof the forms for the press is ordered. 7 I

The improvements of my invention are intended to provide an apparatussusceptible of constant use in the publication or printing oflice, inthe department ordinarily known as the make-up and fulfilmentdepartment, by which apparatus a very large portion of the detail worknow constantly required in all publication oflices as a'preliminary tothe closing of forms forprinted pages of the character above set forth,is avoided, the said apparatus being employed in accordance with amethod which I have devised involving certain steps required to beperformed in a regular and predetermined order and which afford aremarkable saving of time and extraordinary convenience to those incharge of the make-up and fulfilment work described.

While the present invention is intended to supply an apparatus andmethod facilitating to a high degree the make-up and fulfilment work ofpublication departments, along the lines above premised and having to doparticularly with the final arrangement of the type of the advertisingforms, my invention has utility of a somewhat different nature owing tothe fact that the apparatus employed by me is virtually a layoutbulletin adapted to be used as a bulletin per 86 to keep those in chargeof make-up work advised from the start to the finish of such work as toconditions surrounding the number, size, character and other features ofthe numerous printed sections or advertisements that will ultimatelymake up the printed page to be finally published. That is to say, as theprinted sections or advertisements are received in the make-updepartment my apparatus is intended to afford an accurate register orbulletin showing the space to be taken, position to be occupied, and thecharacter of all the particular printctions 'or advefil liseme'nts wedand intended to go into the form by which the final page or pages willbe printed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of an apparatusembodying the essential features of the present invention andillustrative of only one form which the apparatus may take in order thatthe method also constituting this invention may be practised;

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view through the layout form on the line2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing moreparticularly the construction of one of the resilient pressure de vicescoacting with the base members;

Fig. t is a fragmentary view somewhat enlarged to bring out-the mannerin which my apparatus is used, advertising cards or printed sectionsbeing actually applied to the movable base members disposed in the frameof the layout form;

Fig. 5 is asomcwhat diagrammatlc v1ew showing a casing adaptedio holdbase members or blocks of different sizes such as may be necessary to beused in publication offices for the purpose of receiving advertisementsor equivalent printed sections of a different character and of differentsizes as regards number of lines to be used and width of column; and

Figs. 6 and 7 are fragmentary sectional views showing more fully theclamping means cooperating with one of the plungers.

To enable the fullest, comprehension of the utility of the apparatus andmethod of this invention a recapitulation of the ordinary practicesemployed in make-up and fulfilment departments of publications may herebe given.

Assuming that we are dealing with the printing of the classifiedadvertisements of a publication, the customary steps involved inprinting the advertisement on the final printed page from the time ofreceipt of the advertisement may be briefly summarized as follows:

FirstThe copy for the advertisement is received from the advertiser.

SecondThe copy for the advertisement is delivered to the make-up man inthe make-up and fulfilment department.

, ThirdAfter a proper record of the advertisement is made it is sent tothe printer along with many other advertisements, is set up in galleyform and a galley proof returned to the make-up department.

FourthAt this time changes in the copy which may be instructed by theadvertisers from whom the advertisements have been procured are made onthe galley proof. These changes may involve the shifting of ads from oneclassified heading to another when advertisers change their minds at thelast moment. the giving of a better place in a column under aclassification to advertisers who may not have obtained results, or forwhom better results are desired to be secured.

F ifth-The next step is the return of the changed proof to the printeralong with what is usually called a guide, consisting of a set of rathercomplicated directions explaining the changes made. It is very diificultoften for the printer to follow the guide to the extent of making thecorrections accurately but this is done as best possible and revisedgalley proofs are sent to the makeup man along with layout sheets.

SiXthWith the revised galley proofs in hand, together with themake-upsheets, the columns of advertisements under the classifications are laidout on the makeup sheets, the manager usually being consulted to get anidea of the space he wishes to use for his purposes, when spaces are tobe left on the pages. For this purpose accurate counting of the lines ofadvertising is necessary to insure that the space above mentioned.usually called form space, will be left, and owing to the human factorinvolved errors frequently arise in this counting or estimating work.

SeventhThe layout, however, completed, with the galley proofs divided upand applied to the make-up sheets, the latter go back to the printer andthe type is laid out in the form in accordance therewith, a

page proof struck off, and when this is O. Kd the type usually go to thefoundry for casting of the formfor the press.

Having in view the various customary steps employed in the practice ofmaking up the printing forms as above described, reference may now bemade to the drawings in connection with which I will describe theapparatus of my invention.

In the drawings, A denotes a frame which is preferably made of a sizeconforming with the size of the page or pages of the publication whichis to be printed, and the classification of the printed sections oradvertisements of which is ordinarily the work of the make-updepartment. The frame A may be of any simple construction and ispreferably divided into columns by the vertical partitions B, theopposite ends of each of which are seated in recesses C in the upper andlower ends of the frame. Adjacent to the recesses C the ends of theframe A may be cut out to form thumb spaces, this however not beingabsolutely essential as a feature of construction of the invention.

Disposed between the sides of theframe A and the partitions B, andtherefore arra ged practically in columns, area plurality of basemembers or blocks D. The blocks D are of the same size as the space tobe occupied by advertisements which are to be set up in. type to form apart of the final printing form. Certain of the base memhere D likewiseare to be of the same size, and occupy the same space therefore, as theheadings which divide the various classifications such as arecustomarily employed for printing pages of classified advertisements.

There are provided in the frame A also, which frame, it should bestated, has a suitable bottom or back E, a series of spacers l. Thespacers 1 may be set to correspond with leads or rules that are providedordinarily between the different printed sections constituting theadvertisements as referred to her in. While in Fig. 1 the spacers l aredisposed intermediate all of the various base members D, it should beborne in mind that in the actual useof the apparatus said spacers may beinserted between the parts D at any convenient time during the use ofthe apparatus.

It contemplated that the members D shall be freely movable in the columnspaces in which they are mounted so that the members may be readilywithdrawn or shifted to different points of location either in theaarticular column in which they may already be, or in other columns suchas established by the sides of the frame A and the partitions B. ()n theother hand, it is desirable that the said base members D shall not beliable to accidental displacement, for which reason I provide at the topof each column space of the frame A a yieldable plunger2,'saidplungerfbeing adapted to bear against the uppermost member D inthe particular column. Since the plunger 2 isacted upon by a spring 3partially housed within the plunger and within a casing l applied to theupper end of the frame A, the plunger is adapted to exert a resilientpressureagainst all of the members D in the column adjacent to which themember 2 is disposed. There is provided a screw connecting the plunger 2with the casing l and by the removal of this screw, adjustment orreplacement of the plunger spring 3 or other parts may be efiected. T hecasing f is preferably integral with a plateb secured by screws to theupper end bar of the frame A. V I

Having in view the construction of the apparatus as above described,which apparatus may be appropriately called a layout form, the methodadapted to be practised in connection with this apparatus, whereby tosimplify the whole system of printing numerous printed sections going tomake up a printed page, or small advertisements, if said sections happento be advertisements, is substantially as follows:

011 receiving the advertisements, assuming that the printing of the pageis just being started, the advertising copy is brought to the make-updepartment and the usual record is made. The copy is then sent to theprinter with the cop for other advertise? ments and a galley proofstruck off and returned to the make-up man, If desired, as theadvertisements are received, and assuming that certain of the basemembers D have been marked with classification heads such as illustratedin Fig. 3, the make-up man may readily apply indicia to the base members1 renresentative of the advertisements received and which have been sentto the printer for galley proof.

In the apparatus shown, all of the base members D are of the same size,said apparatus being intended for use in connection with a printed pageof advertisements or printed sections of like size. Thus it will beapparent that as the advertisements are reoeived the make-up man mayimmediately start the laying out or the making up of his advertisingpage by arranging a base member B corresponding to the advertisement inthe column and under the classification it is intended to go. When thegalley proofs of the advertisements come from the printer they may becut up and pasted or otherwise applied to the base members D. Thus asthe advertisements for the printed page for which the layout form of theapparatus is used, come in or accumulate they may be actually laid outin the positions which they will occupy in the final type form, or atleast in approximately the positions they will occupy, a particularobject of the invention being to obtain such a flexibility of system asto enable the make-up man to quickly shift the base members D and theadvertisements or printed sections repre sented thereby so as to havethe layout form complete at all times up to the time of arrival of thelast received advertisement.

Thus it is that considerable time consumed in obtaining galley proofsfrom the printer, making changes on said proofs, and returning to theprinter for subsequent proofs, and laying out the proofs 011 layout ormake-up sheets, is entirely avoided in the practice of this inventionand a fair estimate of the time consumed in all of the ordinaryoperations employed today for the purposes of this invention inpublication oflices makes the suggestion that by the present inventionpractically two-thirds of the usual time used for the make-up andfulfilment work is saved, a reasonable estimate. g

It is to be understood, supplemental to the foregoing, that once thegeneral vlayout of the advertisements is attended to in the use of theapparatus comprising the layout form above described, the moment theorder to close the forms'for the press is received it is only necessaryto transfer the layout form of this invention from the makeup andfulfilment department to the printer who will then immediately arrangethe set up type inaccordance with the layout as disclosed by theapparatus-,Iand this done the type forms will be closed as usual andwithout delay except for final page proofs.

It will be understood, furthermore, that it is contemplated to use ansuitable number of the apparatuses of this invention according to thenumber of pages comprised by the v rious printed sections oradvertisements, one for each page. Likewise, where it is customary fordifferent sized printed sections or advertisements to be admitted to mare-up the final printed page T merely contemplate the use of basemembers D in the form of blocks of different widths and lengths tocorrespond with the different number of lines of type space to beemployed and the different widths of columns in which the lines of typeare to be set. The user of the apparatus may readily select a basemember D in correspondence with the particular size of advertisement orprinted section to be printed, and under these conditions the layoutform will always express, so to speak, the proper condition of the workin progress in the make-up and fulfilment operations.

In the actual practice of my method it will be borne in mind that inrespect to many publications made up of pages containing smalladvertisements or printed sectionsrequired to be arranged in a regularorder, a large number of the printed sections are repeatedly used. Thatis to say that in respect to classified advertisements, for instance,quite frequently two-thirds or three-fourths of the advertisements areprinted more than once. Under these conditions it will be evident thatthe layout form with the base members D adjusted in closed formcondition for an issue of the publication may be used again and againwithout necessitating the pasting of the classified advertisement proofsor copy upon the base members D when said copy is repeat copy. Quitefrequently, therefore, once the copy is applied to a particular basemember D the latter may be used indefinitely so long as the printedsection or advertisement represented thereon is not killed ordiscontinued, speaking in the terms of the trade.

The upper end of the frame A of the apparatus may be equipped withsupporting members in the form of eye screws to enable the frame to behung in a convenient place so as to be consulted as a sort of bulletinin a self evident manner. Should it be desired to positively lock themembers D in adjusted positions against accidental or unauthorizeddisplacement, suitable locking means such as adjustable rods or the likequite frequently used in filing devices maybe applied to the frame A insuch a manner as to be movable into one position to lock all of themembers D in a column, or moved into another position whereby to releasethese members D and permit; of their ready manipulation by way ofremoval, replacement, adjustment, etc. Ordinarily the resilient pressureexerted on the members D by the plungers 2 will suflice, however, toprevent said accidental displacement. In lieu of locking rods such asabove referred to, furthermore, some convenient form of cam devicecooperative with each plunger 2 may be provided so that when theapparatus is to be used for bulletin or similar purposes the cam devicemay be actuated to force the plungers 2 hard against the uppermost orcontacting members D in the frame A and thereby eX- ert such a clampingpressure as to prevent the members D from falling out of the frame. Sucha cam device is illustrated in ing with the wall of a notched portion 2of the plunger 2. The cam has a thumb piece 7 by which it may be shiftedin one way to positively cam the plunger against the members D for thepurpose above described, while if the cam is moved in an oppositeposition it is practically inactive as regards the plunger, permittingthe latter to operate resiliently by means of the spring 8 previously.referred to.

The positions assumed by the various base members D as they are arrangedin the use of my invention may be termed closed form positions becausethey are always adjusted by the manipulation of the operator topositions in which they are adjacent to one another and properly spacedand which they would occupy if at the particular moment orders to closeforms were received. It is this adaptability of the apparatus for theplacement of the various members D and 1 in closed form positions whichconstitutes a very essential and highly important feature of operationof my invention as regards both saidapparatus and the method of its useunder practical working conditions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. The method of make-up and fulfilment to facilitate closing of formsinprinting establishments for printing pages comprising a plurality ofseparate printed sections in regular order, the same consisting ofapplying to a plurality of movable base members, as the said sectionsare received, distinctive indicia representative of said sections, andmanipulating the base members to cause them to assume positionsrelatively the same as the closed form positions of the printedsections, whereby the layout of the printed page may be ascertained atany time prior to going to press,

2. The method of make-up and fulfilment to facilitate closing of formsin printing establishments for printing pages comprising a plurality ofseparate printed sections in regular order, the same consisting ofapplying to a. plurality of movable base mem- Fig. 6, the cam beingindicated 6 and engag-' bers corresponding in sizes to the sizes of thesaid printed sections, and as the sections are received, distinctiveindicia representative of the sections, and manipulating the basemembers to caus them to assume positions relatively the same as theclosed form positions of the printedsections, whereby the layout of theprinted page may be ascertained at any time prior to going to press.

3 The method of make-up and fulfilment to facilitate closing of forms inprinting establishments for printing pages comprising a plurality ofseparate printed sections in regular order, the same consisting ofapplying to a plurality of movable base members, as the said sectionsare received, distinctive indicia representative of said sections, andmanipulating the base members to cause them to assume positionsrelatively the same as the closed form positions of the printed sectionsto act as a guide for the printer in setting up the type of the sectionsin proper closed form positions, whereby the layout of the printed pagemay be ascertained at any time prior to going to press, and arrangingthe type of the printing form to be used for the printing of saidsections in accordance with the indicia carried by said base memberswhen in closed form positions.

4:. The method of makeup and fulfilment to facilitate closing of formsin printing establishments for printing pages comprising a plurality ofseparate printedsections in regular order, the same consisting ofapplying to a plurality of movable base members, as the said sectionsare received, facsimiles of the printed sections, and manipulatin thebase members after the said sections are applied to cause them to assumepositions relatively the same as the closed form positions of theprinted sections, whereby the layout of the printed page may bedetermined at any time prior to going to press.

5. The method of make-up and fulfilment to facilitate closing of formsin printing establishments for printing pages comprising a plurality ofseparate printed sections in regular order, the same consisting ofapplying to a plurality of movable basemembers corresponding in sizes tothe sizes of said printed sections, and as the sections are received,actual sized facsimiles of the sections, and manipulating the basemembers to cause them to assumepositions relatively the same as theclosed form positions of the printed sections, whereby the layout of theprinted page as illustrated by the arrange ment of the facsimiles of thesections arranged substantially the same as will be the layout of theprinted page comprising said sections, when completed.

6. The method of make-up and fulfilment to facilitate closing of formsin printing establishments for printing pages comprising a plurality ofseparate printed sections in regular order, the same consisting of setting up the type for the printed sections, striking olf proofs of thesections from the said type, applying the said proofs separately to aplurality of movable base mem bers so as to constitute distinctiveindicia representative of the various printed sections as the latter areto be actually printed, and manipulating the base members to cause themto assume positions relatively the same as the closed form positions ofthe printed sections, and spacing out the base members so the wholespace to be occupied by the printed sections may be determined, wherebythe layout of the printed page may be determined at any time prior togoing to press.

7. The method of make-up and fulfilment to facilitate closing of formsin printing establishments for printing pages comprising a plurality ofseparate printed sections in regular order, the same consisting ofsetting up the type for the printed sections, 5; rilring off proofs ofthe sections from the type, applying the said proofs separa'ely to aplurality of movable base members so as to constitute distinctiveindicia representative of the various printed sections the latter are tobe actually printed, manipulating the base members to cause them toassume positions relatively the same as the closed form positions of theprinted sections, whereby the layout of the printed page may bedetermined at any time prior to going to press, and arranging the typeof the printing form in accordance with the arrangement of the proofs ofthe sections as applied to said base members.

8. The method of make-up and fulfilment to facilitate closing of formsin printing establishments for print-ing pages comprising a plurality ofseparate printed sections in regular order, the same consisting ofapplyin to a plurality of movable base members, as the said sections arereceived, distinctive indicia representative of said sections,manipulating the base members to cause them to assume positionsrelatively the same as the closed form positions of the printed sectionsto act as a guide for the printer in setting up the type of the sectionsin proper closed fornrpositions, whereby the layout of the printed pagemay be ascertained at any time prior to going to press, and spacing outand arranging the type of the printing form in accordance with theindicia carried by said base members When in closed form positions.

9. The method of make-up and fulfilment to facilitate closing of formsin printing establishments for printing pages comprising a plurality ofseparate printed sections in regular order, the same consisting ofapplying to a plurality of movable base members, as the said sectionsare received,

distinctive indicia representative of said sections, maintaining thebase members under resilient pressure to hold the same againstaccidental displacement, and manipulating the base members while undersuch pressure to cause them to assume positions relatively the same asthe closed form positions of the printed sections, whereby the layout ofthe printed page may be ascertained at any time prior to going to press.

10. The method of printing pages of typeset matter comprising aplurality of separate and distinct printed sections arranged in regularorder, the same consisting in setting up the said sections in type,striking off proofs of the sections from such type, applying eachseparate proof of the several sections to a movable base member of asize corresponding with that to be occupied by the printed section inthe complete printed page, and manipulating the base members into closedform relation to constitute a guide representative of the general layoutof the various printed sections as they will appear in the final printedpage.

11. The method of printing pages of typeset matter comprising aplurality of separate and distinct printed sections arranged in regularorder, the same consisting in setting up the said sections in type,striking off proofs of the sections from such type, applying eachseparate proof of the several sections to a movable base member of asize corresponding with that to be occupied by the printed section inthe complete printed page, manipulating the base members in the closedform relation to constitute a guide and layout form for correspondinglyarranging the type sections, and then arranging the type for the variousprinted sections in positions corresponding with the positions of theproofs on the base members of the layout form.

12. The method of make-up and fulfilment to facilitate the closing ofprinting forms, which consists in applying to a plurality of movablebase members of a size corresponding to the size of printed sections ofa complete printed page, indicia representative of said printedsections, as-

sembling said base members so as to provide a layout form, andmanipulating the base members in said layout form so as to cause saidmembers to occupy closed form positions corresponding with the closedfor positions of the printed sections when actually printed.

13. The method of make-up and fulfilment to facilitate the closing ofprinting forms, which consists in applying to a plurality of movablebase members of a size corresponding to the size of printed sections ofa complete printed page, indicia representative of said printedsections, assembling said base members so as to provide a layout form,manipulating the base members in said layout form so as to cause saidmembers to occupy closed form positions corresponding with the closedform positions of the printed sections when actually printed, and thenarranging the type for the printing of said printing sections in amanner corresponding with the arrangement of the correspondingrepresentative indicia of the layout form.

14. In apparatus of the class described, a layout formcomprising aframe, a series of partitions removably fitted into opposite ends of theframe and extending along the frame in such a manner as to divide thelatter into a series of column-like spaces, a series of movable basemembers disposed in said spaces and of a number sufficient to fill thefree portions of said spaces, plungers mounted upon an end of the frame,each plunger being adapted to project into one of the column-like spacesof the frame longitudinally of such space and to exert pressure againstthe base members contained in said space, so as to prevent accidentaldisplacement of the said base members, means resiliently acting uponeach plunger whereby to render its pressure against the base members ofthe adjacent column-like space a resilient pressure facilitating theremoval and interchanging of said base members, and a part cooperativewith each plunger to cause the same tov exert a rigid nonresilientpressure against the base members with which it is adapted to cooperate.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

LOUIS O STROW.

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